Assessing respiratory pathogen communities in bighorn sheep populations: Sampling realities, challenges, and improvements.

Assessing respiratory pathogen communities in bighorn sheep populations: Sampling realities, challenges, and improvements.

Respiratory disease has been a persistent problem for the recovery of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis), but has uncertain etiology. The disease has been attributed to several bacterial pathogens including Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae and Pasteurellaceae pathogens belonging to the Mannheimia, Bibersteinia...

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Main Authors: Carson J Butler, William H Edwards, Jessica E Jennings-Gaines, Halcyon J Killion, Mary E Wood, Douglas E McWhirter, J Terrill Paterson, Kelly M Proffitt, Emily S Almberg, P J White, Jay J Rotella, Robert A Garrott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5510838?pdf=render

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